A vehicle possibly tied to an alleged shooting in West 琉璃神社 fled police last night and was found abandoned.

On Jan. 14 at 8:30 p.m. RCMP in West 琉璃神社 spotted a White SUV that matched the description of a suspected vehicle in an alleged shooting. The officer, while crossing William Bennett Bridge, tried to stop the vehicle which fled at a high rate of speed.

Police deployed a spike belt on the bridge to stop the vehicle but were unsuccessful.

The incident on the bridge happened shortly after RCMP responded to Ross Road for reports of possible gunfire.

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The driver continued to flee from police, who shortly after called off their pursuit, 鈥渋n the interest of public safety.鈥�

Officers patrolled surrounding areas and the suspect vehicle was located abandoned on McKenzie Road. RCMP police dog services searched the area, but the driver was not located.

鈥淥ur investigation later determined that this vehicle was not involved in the incident in West 琉璃神社, and all indications are that this driver was fleeing from police for other unknown and unrelated reasons,鈥� said Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy.

鈥淩egardless, the behaviour of this driver was extremely dangerous and put everyone at risk. We are now treating this as a separate criminal investigation and are working to identify the driver.鈥�

The vehicle has been seized as part of an ongoing investigation.

Those with information are asked to contact 琉璃神社 RCMP at 250-762-3300. Or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by leaving a tip online at .

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